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April 21, 2015 at 12:44 pm
If we assume the story of creation is literally true (let's assume that for a second so don't disagree) and believe Adam and Eve procreated and had their sons Caim and Abel - And then were expelled from paradise - So... Since there is no other human being to procreate with, that means we all inevitably descend from incest.
My question is - Why is incest a sin if we all come from incest?
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RE: Christians...
April 21, 2015 at 1:29 pm
Was it even in the original plan that we're supposed to procreate?
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April 21, 2015 at 1:40 pm
^god clearly didn't think that through that we need to be genetically divers.
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April 21, 2015 at 1:43 pm
more importantly, if there are other sins coming from the original sin, why does the original sin still exist? CHECKMATE THEISTS
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April 21, 2015 at 1:50 pm
C'mon guys lets not make fun of people - I'm genuinely interested in knowing how bible literalists think incest works considering we all descend from Adam and Eve. I think most theists were banned though.
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April 21, 2015 at 1:57 pm
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(April 21, 2015 at 1:50 pm)Dystopia Wrote: C'mon guys lets not make fun of people - I'm genuinely interested in knowing how bible literalists think incest works considering we all descend from Adam and Eve. I think most theists were banned though.
I doubt most literalists here will actually care to reply. Like how most of them ignored my "prove Jesus wasn't a false messiah" thread.
https://bible.org/question/was-world-pop...am-and-eve
I hope this gives you something to work with.
Quote:As to incest, it was not considered a sin and was not prohibited for Adam and early man. If the race was to populate and fulfill the command of Gen. 1:28, there is little doubt that Adam’s sons and daughters had to have married their own sisters and brothers if the race was to populate the earth, but due to the purity of the race as evidenced also by the long length of life, there were no adverse effects as we see happening today. Gradually, as the effects of sin took its toll on the human race, marrying one’s own sister, etc., began to create hereditary problems.
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April 21, 2015 at 2:06 pm
There had to be a huge genetic pool within A&E, after all, four different "Races" came out of them.
Of course, their sons, daughters, cousins intermarried.
As time went by, the races obviously selected within themselves who to marry (as they mostly do today).
This selection weakened available genetic diversity, and the further compressing of the pool continued by people groups' language and congregating in areas removed from broader interaction.
To the point where inbreeding is a danger to people now-
As witnessed by the Muslim's acceptance to marrying first cousins and lowering Muslim aggregate IQs.
